Hell Kitty

I've never played any of the Silent Hill games. Maybe you meant Maria? That should say "Did". Heh. That was to CrashGirl.

The Darkness.

Much like the Gothic games, playing The Wither on PC it was obvious how well suited to console it would be. As for bugs, CD Projekt has been doin' The Witcher for so long now I'd hope they've ironed things out now. I actually rather intrigued by this. Will it feature all the content of the original and expanded edition, or is it more of a spin-off? By new engine do they mean "we've changed so much it's practically a new engine" or are they porting assets to something built from scratch, or perhaps an engine that has proven itself on consoles?

^ So do you expect to know twice as much as you do now in another 17 years, or at the ripe old age of 37 do you know everything about everything and the beliefs you have now are the correct ones and won't change for the rest of your life? If you see the nonsense a 20 year old posts as proof there is a "strong correlation between youth and inferior understanding of politics and the world in general", does a 20 year old seeing your posts as nonsense prove the opposite is true? All this age stuff is rather silly. One is just as likely to be bitter and twisted as they are to wise and experienced.

While I'm sure genetics has played a huge part in the discrimination people have faced throughout history based on their "race", I'm not sure what you're getting at. "Race" clearly means something in our society. We should just ignore this and make up our own definitions? If English isn't your native language and you've never encountered the term before then I apologize. The example you gave is certainly discrimination, but asking if it's racial discrimination seems a tad ridiculous.

It's also true. Swimming is useless. Though I must confess, it didn't actually inspire awe. But it did make me smile.

Former Commonwealth people is a race?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbyhpsv-6sM

The end bit alone can be found here: http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=qXsBIFXf25M And yes it is indeed awesome.

The MGS series is one of my favourite ever, and I love MGS4, but I stand by my comment that I can't really see anyone who is not already a fan getting much out of this. You'll be missing out on the story if you skip the cutscenes, but you'll also be missing out on a hell of a lot if you haven't played the other three games. I never had a problem with the cutscenes, but many in MGS4 did have my wanting a fast forward button. Though it makes cutscenes in other games seem pretty crappy in comparison. And the combination of seriousness and craziness is all part of its charm. It's time to change the disc Snake. What? Oh that's right, we're on Blu-Ray now.

Di you ever finish Silent Hill 3 CG?

I can't really see anyone who is not already a fan getting much out of this. You should probably just wait for Nightshapes awesome game.

Bethesda said some time back that F3 DLC would be more along the lines of the Knight of the Nine pack for Oblivion, so I dunno what Gorgon is rambling on about new armor for.

I really enjoyed Bioshock, but I completely agree that it's easy to forget your in a city under the sea.

Huh?

I did "Suicide as a response to terminal illness, or extreme physical pain and suffering is a whole different matter." That's the difference between suicide and euthanasia, what I'm asking is if killing oneself over the "sharp emotional pain" of the things you listed is foolish, what sort of "sharp emotional pain" is it not foolish to end ones life over? A friend comes to you and tells you that they are feeling this pain, it's becoming to much to bear and they don't think they can go on living as long as they feel this way. Would you ask what it was specifically that caused this pain, so you can properly judge whether or not they are being foolish? Do you think that your judgment would help someone who was truly feeling suicidal? I'm stating the obvious here, but people feel differently, react differently to all sorts of things. What seems like nothing to one person might be a huge deal to another. If someone is happy, it doesn't matter if what made them happy seems silly to you. If someone is sad, their emotional state is no less valid if what made them sad wouldn't have affected you. Claiming that someone is wrong (foolish) for feeling the way they do is, well, rather foolish, because if they really are depressed all you are doing is feeding that depression. None of the things you listed would cause an emotionally/mentally healthy person to suddenly turn suicidal, but to someone truly on the edge it can tip them over. It's not any one thing that makes a person suicidal, though, and it's not what those things are that matter, but how they make them feel, and telling them how they feel is wrong is only going to make matters worse. For example, a man loses his job, his wife leaves him, and he's in financial ruin. Being clinically depressed, he already believes himself to be worthless and pathetic, unable to cope, and in his mind these things serve to confirm that. And to top it off he has a world that agrees with him. "Yes, you are a coward, you don't have what it takes to face your problems." "Yes you are a fool, you shouldn't feel this way."

Now that you've listed things it would be foolish to kill oneself over, how about a list of things you'd find understandable? That way if anyone ever wants to confide in you that they are having suicidal thoughts, they'll know whether you're likely to sympathize with them or dismiss them as a fool. It's probably also important to point out that thinking about suicide is not the same thing as feeling suicidal.

Is that a sexy conjoined twin in the second pic?

I only took one level of Animal Friend, and I thought it was the best thing ever.

The choices in DX are in how you complete your objectives, not changing the story. It more like the Thief or Hitman series.

This kind of attitude just ensures some people will go through with the act, rather than seek help. It's like when a woman refuses to report a rape out of fear of how she will be judged. As long as there are people who will claim the way a woman dresses or acts makes her responsible for her attack, then victims will avoid seeking help. Someone who is suicidal is pretty much at their lowest point, the pain they feel is so great they are no longer able to bear it, it doesn't feel like it will ever pass so the only way for it to end is for their life to end. They feel weak and pathetic, and what do they have? A world that agrees with them. So if someone you claimed to love committed suicide, and you were somehow able to bring them back to life, you wouldn't want to help them out of their depression, you'd want to see them tortured? That's pretty messed up. Yes suicide is selfish but god damn so is this. Road rage is the same as taking joy in someones misery? Even a small, seemingly insignificant moment of kindness can make all the difference.

I was so impressed I printed out your post and stuck it on my fridge.

No. You can't fail at something you're not doing.

Why would an organization or enclave use it considering they have the resources to hire security, or even develop their own? They can spend money on a regular basis for personnel and technology, as opposed to a rotten bar downtown whose owner doesn't make enough to even hire bodyguards, but decided on a one time investment of widespread, relatively low cost security technology. Why spend money on fallible, corruptible humans, or waste money developing their own version of technology that has proven so effective it even stops people from using melee weapons? Of course the real answer to the question of why other organizations in the game don't use this technology is that the story requires that they don't. Like when Victim #1 in Generic Horror Movie makes Stupid, Obvious Mistake #13. The answer to questions like "why are some characters invulnerable?" or "why can't I attack people in certain locations?" is "to preserve the integrity of the story". The reason for the weapon locking technology in DX:IW is to give an in-game reason to this common game rule/limitation, but when it just leads to another question, "why don't other organizations use this technology?, the answer for which is "to preserve the integrity of the story", then it fails.

You'll always be the moderator of my heart, kirottu.